I'm thankful for every moment.

I learned more stuff in church than I did in the world.

Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, 'I'm not stupid'. No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.

Pakistan's being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show Pakistan that we are appreciative for the help that's been extended.

I'm thankful for every moment.

If I could live my life all over I'd do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there's no way lord, to leave this love behind.

I didn't have a mother; I had a mama. I measure other women by the stature of my mama.

I have found people on both sides of the aisle, white and black, that'll give you the shirt off their back. And I've also found people that won't give you a piece of bread if you're starving to death.

No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed.

People still come up to me and ask me to sign their records. That's right, records! Man, they don't even make records no more!

Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I'm one of those people.

Suicide is not an answer, it's destruction.

The music is the message, the message is the music. So that's my little ministry that the Big Man upstairs gave to me - a little ministry called love and happiness.

Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. Im one of those people.

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

Thank God you are still alive for many have died and are dying as I speak. You still have the opportunity to change and make things right whilst those that have died wish for that second chance.

My idea of what's good and bad and right and wrong is maybe greyer than most, and I like writing about that.

Woman are complex creatures.

The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen.

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.

Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values . God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

Thankfully, I was able to go to Marquette University and get my education, a Catholic education, so I could please my family, because I think they wanted me to be a priest.

What my research told me is that a psychopath cannot change. You're born like that.

I quite like childlike songs, which sometimes cross over.

Friendship isn't about who you've known the longest, it's about who walked in to your life, said "I'm here for you," and PROVED it.

Many of us are alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of medical care, including patients, who are the consumers. However, medical malpractice is not the reason for these increasing costs.

I've always been fascinated by the military, the discipline they have and the sacrifices they make to defend the country. It's something I've always been interested in.

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.

With science it's very important not to go down the wrong path, but the wrong path in science is a path you go down where everything you learn is already known. So you need to steer around the obvious.

I'm a doer, and whether it was the tsunami in Sri Lanka or the earthquake in Indonesia, I was always saying, 'I should be there; I should be helping out.'

It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through God's mercy and Christ's merits; but death remained somewhat terrible, and that now is taken away; and now death is no more to me, but to cast myself into my husband's arms, and to lie down with Him.

For me, the most exciting thing is that Jane Campion is a woman we can all really look up to. She doesn't have the body of work that some other directors do - no woman director does - but her work is so consistently original, wonderful, masterful.

Since governmental quotas expand bureaucratic power, provoke a backlash and are unfair to individuals, we need to find a better way to increase minority opportunities.

What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.

That's another thing about Noise. Everything that's ever happened to you just keeps right on talking, for ever and ever.

At the end of the day, I pray for the best.

I have two children of my own. Crying is not evidence of pain or any real suffering. It's really just the way children communicate.